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MUMBAI: Pop band Faridkot, consisting of members IP Singh and Rajarshi Sanyal, recently sat down for an exclusive interview to discuss their latest EP, 'Ibtida', and their future projects.Regarding the genesis of their EP, IP Singh and Rajarshi Sanyal shared an intriguing backstory.
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MUMBAI: Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW), the Dutch international public broadcaster has entered into a partnership with Web18, the internet and mobile arm of Network 18. The website publishes RNW's international news on the homepage of India's leading horizontal portal, In.com. Also RNW players with live radio and music programmes, such as the Euro Hit 40, European Jazz Stage and Live at the Concertgebouw are now available online.
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MUMBAI: 'Raag Rang' is a series of Indian Classical Music Concerts and is being organised at India Habitat Centre every month. Recently the fourth evening of the series was held at Stein Auditorium at the India Habitat Centre. Organised by Spandan Communications in association with National Students Talent Association and artistebooking.com the evening had an audio-visual concert by vocalist Shri Pushkar Lele, showcasing the vast and varied musical contribution of Pandit Kumar Gandharva to the world of Hindustani Classical Music.
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BANGALORE: Big FM 92.7 Bangalore (Big-B) organized a kite flying session with Sandalwood diva Sharmila Mandre kicking off the function in Bangalore at Shalini Grounds in Jayanagar. The event, for which announcements were made on air since January 11, was hosted by Big-B RJ Vicky. The on-air property was christened, �Ee Sankranti Ellu bella tinni, olle maat aadi and Big Gaalipatta with Big 92.7 fm.'
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MUMBAI: The national carrier may have irreparably broken his beloved sarod, but Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is determined that his music will play on. Khan's instrument was received by him in a shattered condition when he reached Mumbai on Monday evening for a performance at the Chembur Fine Arts Society Even as he was lamenting the loss and apologising to patrons for a wasted evening, he asked his wife to fly down pronto with a replacement for the other two concerts he was scheduled to perform over the next two days - at the CFAS on Tuesday and the NCPA on Saturday.
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MUMBAI: Makar Sankranti, a very auspicious festival for Maharashtrians, is celebrated with great fanfare across the state. And why would Mumbai's most loved radio station be left behind? Red FM today, celebrated Makar Sankranti with all its RJ's and listeners, at a suburban club in Mumbai. To participate, all that listeners had to do was send an SMS, to be invited to participate in a kite flying competition, with RJ's Malishka, Tarun, Nyssha, Rohini, Mantra and Neil.
read moreMUMBAI: After a relatively dull 2009, Junglee Music is set to make a buzz this year with the acuqisition of audio rights of three Hindi films - Atithi Tum Kab Jaaoge, Prem Ka Game and Lahore. The music of all the three films will hit the stores at around the same time in another 10 days. Confirming the acquisition, Times Music COO Adarsh Gupta says, "We will promote the music via all mediums. The promotions will be loud and visible everywhere."
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MUMBAI: The premiere of the much awaited movie Suryakaanthi... proved to be an eventful evening in the presence of who's who of Sandalwood. The premiere was hosted by Radio Mirchi – 98.3 FM which took place at PVR Cinemas today.
read moreMUMBAI: Music channel PTC Punjabi has announced the second edition of the PTC Punjabi Music Awards 2010. The awards recognise the the best of the year's Punjabi Music - the singers, the music composers, the choreographers. The award ceremony which took place in Jalandhar, Punjab last year is likely to be held in March this year. "The venue and the final dates are yet to be zeroed on," says PTC Network head sales and marketing Anubhav Nath.
read moreMUMBAI: Channel [V], the youth channel from the Star India stable, has appointed JWT India to handle its creative duties. With this win, JWT now has four channels from the Star Network in its kitty. The others channels are Star World, Star Movies and Star One. Earlier in August 2009, Channel [V] had appointed Lowe Lintas to give it a brand facelift, thereby, helping it don its new bloody cool... positioning. The relaunch was aimed at moving over to more of non-music content in the form of new shows that the channel had launched.
read moreMUMBAI: MTV India, the youth channel from the Viacom18 stable, has launched a new online property with Samsung Mobile as the title sponsor. Christened Samsung Mobile MTV Gang Next, the property will be a mix of online and television featuring a selection of gangs from various colleges and giving them tasks to perform.
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MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) delivered impressive first-quarter earnings that surpassed exread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group and TikTok have announced a new licensing agreement, marking the enread more
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MUMBAI: Google initiated testing of the 'hum to search' feature in late 2023 on its YouTube Musicread more
MUMBAI: The worlds of art and technology have always had an intricate relationship, but in recenread more
